River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-10-13
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

The Republicans of Nebraska at 1
their convention at Lincoln nominated l
Samuel Maxwell for Supreme court judge. /
X. H. Davis and Geo. Roberts as regents OF 1
the state university. Tie platform was /
quite a bone OF contention, but as finally I
formulated condemns IA system OF revenue l
that cOmpels the farmers OF the West 20 l
pay tribute TO the manufacturers OF tine /
East, farors pensioning Union soldiers; /
sympath yes with Ireland; commends the |
efforts uf Parneil and Gladstone, and
pledges The party TO submit pronlDitofy
amendment: condemns the attempt TO re
turn the flags; fayO 5 the admission OF Ia
kOta: views with alarm the use OF the veto
power IF the president, and sustains the
board Of transportation IN its efforts 10 Sc
cure reasonable freight and passenger rates
A dispatch from Tahlequah. Indian
Territory, says that Deputy United States
Marshal Philips and a posse arrested ii.
NJ. KizOit, fun bloO2ed Chickasaw, near
Eufala- Being unable to reach town dur
ing the evening, all excepting Philips,
who rode ahead, camped on the prairie.
After waiting until noon. for the party ne
r de back only to find that his posse OF
three men had been beheaded while they
slept. and their bodies almost entirely con-
sumed in the camp ire. The prisoner had
severed their heads with an ak and made
his escape.
An epidemic of yellow fever exists ut
Tampa. Florida and hurried exodus has
taken place. Stores, hotels and all places
Of business are closed. and their pToprietOrs
have fed from the city. The disease Is
yellow Jack of the most violent character,
the worst feature being that no efforts were
made to prevent its spread Beddins anu
mattresses, covered with black vomlt,
were exposed on the streets. a requisitOn
has been made on Surgeon General
Hamilton, at Washington Tor tents 10
establish a camp Of refuge.
4 thousand people gathered at the
the grave Of Gen. Harrison at North Bend,
Ohio, on the anniversary of the battle of
Thames of which he was the hero. Ad-
dresses were made by Gen. Breckenridge
Of Ky, Judge W. 5. Holman, Ind, Ben
Butterworth and Congressman Brown of
Ohio. The pilgrimage Is the first OF Its KIND
in honor OF the al hero and is given IN
the hope of awakening an interest IN the
project of raising monument Iund.
5. ID. Raymond. United States con-
sui at Ottawa, Ont, about twenty years
ago. was found dead in McCragy q Sons
tannery at BrOckV lie with a buHet hole in
his side. Death had evidently taken place
early in the night. IL is not believed that
he committed suicide, hut how the shooting
occurred is unknown. The family OF the
deceased live in Ogdensburg, n y
At Nashville, Tenn, Rev. w. 4.
Chandler, pastor of the leading NJ. E.
/ church quite harshly denounced the theatre
| whereupQn Emma Abbott, who was IN he
/ congregation arose and protested against
| the general character of the preacher S
| denunciatiOn. The matter produced a
| great sensation aud Miss Abbott was gen
/ orally commended.
Fourteen lives were lost OF the is
/ land of st. Helena, in Lake Michigan, by
/ the laundering of the Chicago propeller
/ California. laden with 10000 bushels OF
/ corn and 100 barrels of pork, bound for
/ Montreal. There were 3 passengers and
/ - Of the crew. Two of the passengers were
/ lost.
The marriage of Miss Mollie Garfield,
daughterof the late President Garfield, and
]. Stanley Brown. her fathers former
/ private secretary. which was TO have been
/ celebrated at high noon Wednesday Oct.
/ 2li in the little Disciple church at Mentor,
/ has been postponed until later in the season.
At Amanda, Ohio, by the explosion
Of a boiler George Lape, Perry Lape, Simon
/ Young and Amos Young were blown to
pieces and instantly killed, and Mrs;
I Young. who was thrown two hundred
/ yards from the mill, was seriously injured
James II. McGindley. aged go years,
has been arrested at Cleveland, Ohio. for a
! series of frauds in securing widows pen
I siOns. extending over a p riOd of 10 years
/ ia which time he has secured $1,000 for
/ fictitious widows. He confessed.
States Attorney Grinnell, who was
elected TO a Judgeship at Chicago, has re
/ signed to enter upon his judi ial Duties
/ Nov. /. Ii was during his administration
I that the Anarchists were convicted.
A passenger train on the Iron
/ Mountain railway ran into a freight train
/ standing on a side track near Walnut
/ Ridge, No. Both locomotives were
/ wrecked, but nobody was injured.
Mr.. Garrett says the b. x o.
telegraph has not been sold, but on the
other hand the counsel for tie b. q o
/ syndicate says il has and the deed OF
/ transfer executed.
In the storm that prevailed on Lake
/ Erie. the tug Orient Of Marine city, went
/ down at Point Au PelIe, with men, all
/ that were on board.
At Reneoke's Mines at Disonville,
XIV, four men were killed and twelve Sc
riously injured by an accident in the shaft